Large-area van der Waals epitaxy and magnetic characterization of Fe3GeTe2films on graphene

Scalable fabrication of magnetic 2D materials and heterostructures constitutes a crucial step for scaling down current spintronic devices and the development of novel spintronic applications. Here, we report on van der Waals (vdW) epitaxy of the layered magnetic metal Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) - a 2D crystal w...

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Autores: Lopes, João Marcelo J., Czubak, Dietmar, Zallo, Eugenio, Figueroa, Adriana I., Guillemard, Charles, Valvidares, Manuel, Rubio-Zuazo, J., López-Sánchez, Jesús, Valenzuela, Sergio O., Hanke, Michael, Ramsteiner, Manfred
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/265076
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/265076
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Magnetic 2D materials
Van der Waals heterostructures
Van der Waals epitaxy
Molecular beam epitaxy
Ferromagnetism
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Sumario:Scalable fabrication of magnetic 2D materials and heterostructures constitutes a crucial step for scaling down current spintronic devices and the development of novel spintronic applications. Here, we report on van der Waals (vdW) epitaxy of the layered magnetic metal Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) - a 2D crystal with highly tunable properties and a high prospect for room temperature ferromagnetism (FM) - directly on graphene by employing molecular beam epitaxy. Morphological and structural characterization confirmed the realization of large-area, continuous FGT/graphene heterostructure films with stable interfaces and good crystalline quality. Furthermore, magneto-transport and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism investigations confirmed a robust out-of-plane FM in the layers, comparable to state-of-the-art exfoliated flakes from bulk crystals. These results are highly relevant for further research on wafer-scale growth of vdW heterostructures combining FGT with other layered crystals such as transition metal dichalcogenides for the realization of multifunctional, atomically thin devices.